The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-22
THE GAS TRUSTS PLANS.
A Representative Appointed to Look After the
Amendment of the Pipeline Ordinance.

On behalf of the Consumers Trust W. P.
Fishback has been appointed by the directors to
attend to the efforts that are to be made towards
amending the ordinance. The trust. like the
other companies. is not averse to having the
ordinance changed in some particulars, but one
or two officious individuals who have no connec-
ton with the directory took it upon themselves.
yesterday. to tell few councilmen that the
ordinance is good enough it is, and must not
be amended One of the councilmen, and a
member Of the gas committee, thus approached
said: THE committee is ready to meet
the representatives of the trust at any time but
they must understand that there is no disposl-
ton to delay amendments until the company
has secured its gas fields and laid its pipe lines.
There has been too much of the dog-in-the-
manger business. We have waited until the
trust was in position to be heard a COM
pany in fact. Whatever it desires will receive
equal attention with what the other companies
may have to say, but for anybody to ask Us to
keep gas out of the city three or
six months longer to accommodate
any company. would be only
a continuation of what we have had to deal with
since last spring. Gas will be at disposal
by the LIST Of January, and to block the compa-
ny that can furnish it until every other company
is at the city limits with pipe line is not just
or common sense. l will resign my position in
the Council before l will encourage anything of
that kind. The committee will meet some time
this week. 1t would have made report some
time ago on amendments which all agree should
be made, but Difference to the wishes of the
trust led US to hold it until that company could
express its wishes"
friend of the trust said: Now that the
subscriptions are raised and the first assessment
will soon be paid in the company will be in
position to proceed moro rapidly than other
companies have done. The trust people can
take advantage of what the others have accom-
plished. In the first place it took money, which
was very hard to get. to prospect for gas. We
know now that an abundant supply can be found
only in che Noblesville and Anderson districts,
or between those towns and Greenfield. It cost
many thousand dollars to find this out, and /
am in favor of allowing the enterprising men
who did it to come in and secure a reasonable
return on their investments. They deserve this
as we'll as all the credit the city can give them
in discovering a base of supply for this cheap
fuel But my sympathiss and interests are with
the trust"
The Trust Company's directors yesterday met
and appointed several committees to attend to
the details OF the work in leasing lands. procur-
ing pipe and putting everything in readiness for
active operations. They received additional
subscriptions to the amount of 81 600, which they
think will more than cover any possible shrinkage
error in the hasty calculations of Saturday
night The correct number of subscribers is
f.. zoe. For time at least. the Office of the
ompany is to be in the First National Bank
rooms. on South Pennsylvania street. After
providing for the necessary committees men
cent. all subscriptions, which is to be paid on
or before Dec. L. at the company's Office.
Yesterday afternoon the county commission
ers took up the petitions OF the several compa-
MES for right Of way and along the county
roads. An order was passed giving the right
the indianapolis, Consumers Trust, Capital City
and Broad Ripple COMPANIES to use any road
they may desire provided they did not interfere
with each other. Each company is allowed to
lay its pipe over under or around that of any
other company. bond, though, is to be given,
the amount be fixed by the commissioners, to
insure the placing of the roads in good condition
after the pipes are laid.